NAUSHERITES

2012-01-21T00:49:00.000-08:00

sitting by the river bed
removing one wet stone after another
washing the blood from memories bled
wiping them clean
throwing them back into the water

windows calling out to windows
rhyming the bruises with the night
in a gallery of dancing shadows
pinned by the moonbeam
blinded by bloodlight

how did i get in here anyway
invisible i am invisible you
the most beautiful face you've see all day
is in the gutter
looking back at you-
Nausher

2011-10-17T01:04:00.000-07:00

to you they came with teeth clenched and eyes unseeing
yesterday's truth died at the end of a morning

to you they came searching shadows under the sheets
infinity was the same man crossing the same street

drowning in sand lost out at sea

the surf of dreams the surge of memory

they killed themselves with cameras and revolvers
you killed yourself with minutes and with hours

2011-09-23T01:02:00.000-07:00

they who lost themselves in numbers
and were forgotten in the count
who have voices for lying
and faces to hide themselves behind
they who filled themselves with words
and were emptied by them
who have eyes for dreaming
but were walking blind-N

2011-09-21T21:44:00.000-07:00

i've cradled the past in my arms for so long

the evening has changed the dust to shadow

like a curse turned into a blessing

the black snow of frozen summer-N

2011-09-11T22:54:00.001-07:00

midnight's sun into the valley stumbles

mountains echo the heart's welcome knell

pagan gods stare blind across the sea

the sea brings sweet darkness back to me

ingress twilight our fingers write with dew

interlocking dreams egress the night

through oceans of laughter through a fog of fears

tearing through the forest into the softest lair

dancing past the midnight chimes

waves surge the cliffs with the moon

down the shore and into the starlight

i exchange my old world for the new

naked now our skins are crawling

we sit in our bones looking out from the hill

face pressed against the window

the snow is melting and the earth is still

-Nausher Banaji

2011-07-24T22:26:00.000-07:00

From the depths of a mirror a stranger looks back
Stretched on the wheel theres no turning back
Your reflection wont freeze the lines on your hand
You trace and erase your face in the sand.
Nausher

2011-07-22T15:28:00.001-07:00

You were watching by the window
Sitting days pass too soon
You saw the door won't lead to freedom
Just to another room- Nausher Banaji

2011-07-20T00:28:00.001-07:00

You muddle amidst murals
A promise and a prophesy in each hand
Sprawling on mirrors of frozen summer
You forget where your story began
Straining through the ebbs you fall
Grasping a fleeting embrace
The doors are peeling off the walls
Your heart is etched on your face-Nausher

2011-07-19T23:52:00.001-07:00

Staring down doors into the night
Running blind from wrong to right
Grasping tight your shadow's hand
You only survive because you don't understand
There is a stranger in your head
Basking naked in the rain
Your mind is clear he said
But your soul is insane- Nausher Banaji

2011-07-08T13:47:00.001-07:00

pebbles in the suck of tide
harpooned to your voyage inside
nights pummelled by memory
shadows marooned on masonry
a ripple of gasps from behind the curtain
an odyssey to the rim of oblivion -Nausher Banaji

2011-07-06T22:00:00.000-07:00

like pebbles in the suck of tide
harpooned on your voyage inside
a night pummelled by gales of memory,
spasms of shadows marooned on masonry
a ripple of gasps from behind the curtain
an odyssey returned from oblivion-Nausher

2011-06-14T16:07:00.001-07:00

spasms of shadows pulse the walls inside
like pebbles in the surge of drawing tide
peeling away insanity like the wind
transitory stone on the infinity of skin -
nausher

2011-06-14T15:49:00.000-07:00

memories swept with sand
history redeemed by art
we severed our left hand
because its connected to our heart
-nausher

2011-06-09T21:53:00.001-07:00

unmoved, they stand the branches and trees
while memories are carried ‘ore the breeze
our scents meander and curl with air
but our shadows on cobblestone linger there-
nausher-carrara

2011-06-08T22:57:00.001-07:00

memories swept away with sand
when the last wire is cut
we toasted with our left hand
because its connected to the heart

like pebbles in the suck of tide
sending spasms of shadows up the walls inside
peeling infinity like the wind
feel reality's stone on your skin-
Nausher

2011-04-24T19:05:00.001-07:00

sleeping in each others dreams
you can hear your footsteps walking away
your shadow is swimming against the stream
you hear your heartbeat asking you to stay
you see your eyes looking back at you
but you are just the stranger you lost along the way - Nausher

2011-04-21T22:35:00.000-07:00

How familiar it all is
That within four walls
The ceiling has darkened into a stormy sky
A world of humans passing
Like clouds floating by
At the river's end of dreams my darling
Theres nothing to regret
And nothing to remember
At the mouth of the lie my darling
My truth doesn't really matter
-Nausher

2011-04-13T22:01:00.001-07:00

At the mouth of the cave my darling
it doesn't really matter
the other side of dreams my darling
nothing to regret or remember
arches to ashes, doors to dust
blood resembles the colour of rust-Nausher

2011-03-27T20:31:00.001-07:00

You muddle amidst murals
A promise and a prophesy in each hand
Dancing on mirrors of frozen summer
You forget where your story began
Straining through the ebbs you fall
Grasping a fleeting embrace
The past is peeling off the walls
The heart is etched on your face-Nausher

2011-03-19T00:38:00.000-07:00

I had this thought / that all the pages I have turned / that all the pages that turned me/ will still be here long after the flood/ that other hands and other hearts will feel the words I felt/ and the pages now ashes will linger on in their blood-Nausher

2011-03-17T23:59:00.001-07:00

walking down your old hunting ground
you come across all the people you used to be
you find the self you lost and the selves you found
the ghosts of you mirrored in eternity -Nausher

2011-03-01T13:23:00.000-08:00

There is no heaven and there is no hell
An ear to the ground and an eye on the hill
Building our memories on shifting sand
We look back to see an arid land
Waiting for the train we lie awake in bed
Dreaming of the dreams to bring back the dead- Nausher

2011-02-28T21:01:00.000-08:00

you're swimming down rivers of mirrors
staring up the eyes of strangers
the flesh is not strong and the walls are too long
you've been searching for someplace you can belong
waiting for the train you lie awake in bed
dreaming of the dreams to bring back the dead-Nausher

2011-02-18T16:53:00.001-08:00

Was it paradise lost or paradise found,
was it safety you sought in 6 feet of ground,
were you tipping your eyes to make an impression,
wearing a face with a borrowed expression,
did the looking glass
look back at you in wonder,
did you look through a mask
only to see a stranger - Nausher

2011-02-14T22:12:00.000-08:00

From the vantage of vanity, from dust to disarray to dust infinity. mirrors wont freeze the lines on my hand I trace and erase my face in the sand.Nausher

take the leaves back to the forest and the water back to the sea, turn the stone back to ashes bring the dust back to me. Nausher

2011-02-12T09:57:00.001-08:00

the sea is calling out the clouds again,
carrying stories of sanity to the insane,
there you lie scanning the miles,
free child of beauty or a caged reptile,
washing away black memories in white water,
tomorrow's fears with yesterday's laughter
-Nausher

2011-02-11T22:53:00.001-08:00

Darkling you reach into the light
Sending spasms of memories into the night
Sweating palms clutching your shadows hand
You only survive because you dont understand
The wind carries voices but theres nobody there
The bush is burning but the mountain is bare
-Nausher

2011-02-01T22:25:00.001-08:00

you are sitting naked on shifting sand,
a mirror and a mirage in each hand,
you dream a memory moving alone,
you call out but she is gone,
the road that brought you here
is dragging you back
the light you thought was near
is fading to black-Nausher

2011-01-29T09:04:00.001-08:00

Each seeking life in his own abyss
Hanging onto the other's silence
Waiting on night to deliver your bliss
Your mask is your soul in violence
The divine divided by divinity
Trapped in the madding throng
Walled in the other half of your insanity
Your dreams are all real your reality all wrong-Nausher

2011-01-05T23:17:00.001-08:00

Separated by lightyears of silence and nightyears of stone
The words you speak to me are all unknown
In a crowded train on an empty line
I'm searching for someplace i can call mine
In the mirror of an hourglass naked i stand
My scars are hidden and safe in her hand=Nausher

2010-12-28T23:33:00.001-08:00

I sat at the window and was looking out
Then i looked within and began to shout
Have i seen too little, have i seen too much
Am i guided by stars,maimed by a touch
Am i blinded by truth, enlightened by a lie
The die is cast in the blink of an eye
- Nausher

2010-12-19T23:51:00.000-08:00

i heard the sigh in your lies
i let you enter my veins,
Gave you my eyes
So you could see your own chains,
I've been standing by the window
Looking out for the train,
Then i looked inside
And it started to rain,
Through tunnels through doors
You ached you'd be free,
The doors lead to walls
And the labyrinth leads to me- Nausher

2010-12-13T23:27:00.001-08:00

there are just so many flowers
and sunsets to paint away the hours
but arches are ashes, doors are dust
and blood resembles the colour of rust-Nausher

2010-11-28T22:41:00.001-08:00

The night caresses secrets in a dream
Speaking of promises unspoken
The doors open to the wind of the first sun
And nothing recalled will ever be forgotten
You sat there a while scanning the miles
Free child of beauty and a caged reptile
You wish you could fly but dreams cloud the sky
The rain in your brain is washing them dry - Nausher

2010-11-23T13:43:00.001-08:00

What the gods give
Man quickly takes away
From the waves in your eye
To the void in the sky
From the blackness of light
To that tsunami of night. N

2010-10-30T14:14:00.001-07:00

you look at the world
through the prism of a mirror
and the light is blinding-N

2010-10-30T12:31:00.000-07:00

At the mouth of the cave my darling
it doesn't really matter
the other side of dreams my darling
nothing to forget or remember-Nausher

2010-10-28T22:46:00.001-07:00

I was too young to understand
But too old to forget
Naked on shifting sand
Hanging on by a thread
Walking through the door
Eyes clawed by dread
Your face is a mirror
Of that stranger in your bed-Nausher

2010-09-26T09:54:00.001-07:00

I tore open my skin
so you could enter my veins,
Gave you my eyes
so you could see your own chains,
I was standing at the window looking out for the train,
Then i looked inside and it started to rain,
Through tunnels and doors
you ached you'd be free,
The doors lead to walls
and the labyrinth leads to me- N

2010-09-16T12:59:00.000-07:00

The door doesn't lead to freedom, just another room-N

2010-09-16T12:56:00.000-07:00

i tore open my skin
to have you enter my veins
gave you my eyes
so you could look at your chains-N

2010-09-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

you are sitting naked on shifting sand,
a dream and a memory in each hand,
you mirror a mirage moving alone,
you call out but it is gone,
the road that brought you here
is dragging you back
the light you thought was near
is fading to black-N

2010-09-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

The night is done
Gone with the wind of the first sun
Dreams on ice, the river crossed twice
I want to be alone with me
A transparent layer in history-N

2010-09-16T12:51:00.000-07:00

arches to ashes, doors to dust
blood resembles the colour of rust-N

2010-09-05T19:54:00.001-07:00

I was crowded in the corner at the farthest end of far,
Caging in memories of a future past the bars-N

2010-08-02T20:49:00.000-07:00

sleeping in each others dreams,
you hear your own footsteps walking away,
living with devils within you,
you fear your heartbeats giving you away,
you see your eyes looking back at you,
beware the gods you'll meet along the way - N

2010-07-26T10:23:00.000-07:00

that we knew the night would pass,
that the love we lived could never last,
reflections blurred by shadows past,
that silhouettes would still roam free
beauty for a day, or a day of eternity-N

2010-07-23T08:07:00.000-07:00

crawling down tunnels of destiny, looking for others under your skin, for all the people you are yet to be, and all the people you have been, washing away white memories with dark water, you peel off your skins and enter -N

2010-07-23T08:05:00.000-07:00

Was it paradise lost or paradise found, was it safety you sought with 6 feet of ground, tipping eyes with false impressions, wearing faces and borrowed expressions, the road that brought you here is dragging you back, the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

2010-07-10T01:30:00.001-07:00

the sea is calling out the clouds again,
carrying stories of sanity to the insane,
there you lie scanning the miles,
free child of beauty or a caged reptile,
washing away black memories in white water,
diluting tomorrow's fears with yesterday's laughter
-Nausher

2010-07-07T11:45:00.005-07:00

Walking walls into the night
Staring blind from wrong to right
Holding hard onto your shadow's hand
You only survive because you don't understand
There is a stranger in your head
Standing naked in the rain
Your mind is clear, he said,
But your soul is insane- N

2010-07-07T11:45:00.003-07:00

the mirror's cracked along the angles of my face
where do i belong in it's tangled embrace
the looking glass looks back at me in wonder
i look through the mask only to see a stranger
I peel off my skin, and enter - N

2010-07-07T11:45:00.001-07:00

here comes the shadow softly over your skin
light shades tomorrow as yesterday begins
you feel your breath wafting over the water
and your fears rustle through distant laughter
you sat there a while scanning the miles
free child of beauty and a caged reptile
the life that brought you here is dragging you back,
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

2010-07-07T11:44:00.000-07:00

here you are on the blue mountain,
halfway up, halfway down,
stranded and exiled, looking out to sea,
holding onto misplaced gods
and what you might have been- N

2010-07-07T11:43:00.001-07:00

The night is done
Gone with the wind of the first sun
Dreams on ice, the river crossed twice
I want to be alone with me
A transparent layer in history-N

2010-07-07T11:41:00.001-07:00

2010-06-05T07:36:00.000-07:00

here comes the shadow softly over your skin
light shades tomorrow as yesterday begins
you thought you felt your breath wafting over the water
and your fears they rustled through distant laughter
you sat there a while scanning the miles free child of beauty and a caged reptile
the life that brought you here is dragging you back,
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

2010-05-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

the past is an illusion, a trick of your memory. the future an illusion, a trick of your dreams- the mirror shows a silver storm of confusion-not a thing is as it seems- N

2010-05-15T11:56:00.000-07:00

Climbed up through the clouds to Citta di Castello,

And 40 centuries looked down,

On burning wings you clutched the shroud,

With bleeding hands you grasped the crown-N

2010-04-18T14:47:00.000-07:00

What do we take and what do we give
Are we free to choose the lives we live?-N

first if there is one thing you'll learn its this:
if it is not in frame it doesn't exist - N

you lived your life for tomorrow
you have no dreams left to borrow
-N

there is a shade of moon in your eye
where i hear the swoon of your sighs
holding you naked dancing in the rain
whispering stories of sanity to the insane-N

where are you now and where have you been
this morn i awoke dreaming i was a butterfly
this night i slept dreaming the butterfly was me-N

you're running down the track
the night burning down your back
you'll never come back alone
there's no one left at home
you follow the ghost of you
and the ghost will follow you-N

walking down your old hunting ground
you come across all the people you used to be
you find the self you lost and the selves you found
between that moment and truth you lost an eternity -N

what if the only dream we share with each other is a nightmare?-N

i died on a day of sunshine
or maybe it was a day of rain
was i trapped by my own prophesy
was the sublime drowned by the mundane-N

we look up at clouds in the sky
we call them a thousand names
yes the times they are a changing
but everything's still the same-N

crawling down tunnels of destiny
looking for others under your skin
for all the people you are yet to be
and all the people you have been. N

there is a stranger in my head
screaming naked in the rain
my mind is clear, he says,
but my soul is insane- N

Sometimes I wish I could fly
but where can I go
Where can I hide
so my shadow wont find me
Everything I am fleeing
is right here inside me.N

i peel off my skins and enter-N

upside down inside out
i want to be alone with me
lost in transparencies - N

Happiness is not around the corner.
Happiness is the corner.-N

2010-04-18T11:31:00.000-07:00

from the vantage of vanity
from dust to disarray to dust infinity
mirrors won't freeze the lines on my hand
i trace and erase my face in the sand - N

here we are
washing away black memories
in white water-N

in your eyes i see generations of ignorance
in your face i feel nothing to aspire to
in your voice i hear empty words
you are a blob of flesh with a loaded gun
and all i can shoot you with is my camera. N

The Media is the Medium
The Medium is the Message
And the Message is a lie
-N

give us this day our daily bread
and a cake or two my lord-N

jealousy and possessiveness
two sides of a coin
one a mind with no imagination
the other the murder of a mind-N

i remembered my future
old age and death
i remembered the cure
look back and forget-N

the mirror's cracked along

the angles of my face

where do i belong

in it's tangled embrace

the looking glass

looks back at me in wonder

i look through the mask

only to see a stranger
-N

another life another season
where is the rhyme to reason

where will this dust take me

when will my skin break me

will my spirit come touch the stone

of things i loved but left alone
-N

I awake to the groggy hangover of sanity
symmetry of line
infidelity of motion
on other continents
under darker skies
we might have been lovers of the light
here we are acquaintances
groping for the end of a line
in a confusion of options
I sit in half shadows
menu in hand
alternatives swimming dimming
saturated by choice
hunger unfulfilled
appetite satiated. N

sweet child in time
you'll see the light
from stone to spirit
from naked to night
-n

here you are on the blue highway, halfway here, halfway there. here you are on the blue mountain, halfway up, halfway down. stranded and exiled, looking out to sea, holding onto misplaced gods and what you might have been. n

i watch the taillights in the sky starting and ending. fading down pillared corridors into another world. away from the trivial the inane the babble the trash. away from life's symmetry of madness. n

you will be my night as life is my day-N

2010-04-09T00:19:00.000-07:00

i saw a crane in a cage craning its neck at the sky,

staring through the bars at clouds floating by-N

2010-04-04T00:44:00.000-07:00

Scraps off their tables, crumbs on the floor,
Blinded by parables you knock on the serpents' door,
Champing at the bit, grave in a reptilian pit,
They branded you a slave and you thanked 'em for it
-N

2010-04-01T21:38:00.001-07:00

She found him, she said, sitting at the cross roads,
What have i done, he said, outliving all my gods - N

2010-03-30T15:18:00.001-07:00

I was crowded in the corner at the farthest end of far,
Caging in memories of a future past the bars-N

2010-03-16T15:04:00.001-07:00

the road that brought you here is dragging you back,
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

2010-03-16T15:02:00.000-07:00

Was it paradise lost or paradise found
did you buy safety with 6 feet of ground
tipping eyes with false impressions
wearing faces with borrowed expressions
the road that brought you here is dragging you back,
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

2010-03-16T14:58:00.001-07:00

the nectar that nurtures burns to poison,
the sweeping silence of laughter forgotten,
the soaring spirit returns as stone,
the things you loved you left alone-N

2010-02-12T20:07:00.000-08:00

you catch it in your hand and watch it expire,
barbwires in the sand, the blackness of fire,
careful what you put in your head, the mirror said,
it will stay with you forever, even after you're dead,
you'll forget what you need to remember,
but you'll remember what you need to forget-N

2010-02-07T10:03:00.000-08:00

what blink of an eye, whose tear, whose stare
what fork on which road is taking you where? -N

2010-02-07T09:50:00.001-08:00

you laughed you are so clever
you are a walker on the waves
but your eyes are searching inwards
seeking shadows in light caves
you see queens give birth to lizards
your gods give birth to slaves-N

2010-02-02T23:49:00.000-08:00

Was it paradise lost or paradise found

Did you buy safety with 6 feet of ground

ashes to ashes, dust to drone

burning your bridges with hearts of stone

- N

2010-01-31T00:45:00.001-08:00

Looking through masks laughing through mirrors
memories forgotten drowning in dark waters
absolutely completely eternally
in your eyes i see the rest of me
this morn i awoke dreaming i was a butterfly
this night i slept dreaming the butterfly was me-N

2010-01-25T16:59:00.001-08:00

the nectar that nurtures burns to poison,
the sweeping silence of laughter forgotten,
the soaring spirit returns as stone,
the things you loved you left alone-N

2010-01-22T16:06:00.000-08:00

you're running down the track
the night burning down your back
you follow the ghost of you
and your ghosts are following you
you're blinded by truth, enlightened by a lie
and the die is cast in the blink of an eye-N

2010-01-19T09:48:00.001-08:00

The night caresses secrets in a dream
Speaking of promises unspoken
The doors open to the wind of the first sun
Walking shadows over your skin
You sat there a while scanning the miles
Free child of beauty and a caged reptile
You wish you could fly but dreams cloud the sky
The rain in your brain is washing them dry - N

2010-01-14T09:44:00.000-08:00

Your bags are packed You're ready to go,

The tarmac's gleaming outside the door,

You're returning to a home you no longer know-N

2010-01-02T18:16:00.000-08:00

this is where i am right now
basking in sun, far far from snow
i've taken the time
to forget everything i know

2009-12-30T22:17:00.001-08:00

Removing the blindfold is pain
Because of what you might see
Its easier to live in chains
Than it is to be free
This is where i stand
Far far far from home
In the solitude of moon sands
I've never felt less alone-N

2009-12-29T23:43:00.003-08:00

you see yourself sitting naked on the sand
a dream and a memory in each hand
you mirror a mirage moving alone
you call out but it is gone
the road that brought you here is dragging you back
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

2009-11-26T13:59:00.000-08:00

Slaves begin by loving their owners

After a while they judge them

Rarely if ever they forgive them- N

2009-11-25T14:29:00.000-08:00

Darkling you walked into the light
Staring blind wrong from right
Sweating palms clutching a shadows hand
You only survive because you dont understand
The wind carries voices but theres nobody there
The bush is burning but the mountain is bare-N

2009-11-02T21:21:00.001-08:00

i'm getting ready to go my darlin
halfway around the world
in a few sevens my darlin
all the freaks will be gold
who will join me on a winter ride
feel the words glide as worlds collide

2009-09-20T12:26:00.000-07:00

You muddle amidst murals
A memory and a prophesy on each hand
Dancing on mirrors in frozen summer
You forget where your story began
Straining through the ebbs and falls
You capture a fleeting embrace
The paint is peeling off the walls
The past is etched on your face-N

2009-09-20T12:23:00.000-07:00

Sitting in the corner
At the farthest end of far
Mask masking memories
Of a future past the bars-N

2009-09-20T12:15:00.000-07:00

Sweet child in time
You'll see the light
From Stone to spirit
From naked to night
The truth is staring burning faces
Shadow puppets play in empty spaces
You brush your skin against the sky
The mirror's seen the lie in your eye-N

2009-09-20T12:12:00.000-07:00

The night is done
Gone with the wind of the first sun
Dreams on ice
The river crossed twice
I want to be alone with me
A transparent layer in history-N

2009-09-10T20:50:00.000-07:00

another life comes another season,
you're looking for the rhyme in reason,
where will this dust take you,
when will your skin break you,
will your spirit come touch the stone,
of things you loved but left alone-N

2009-09-10T20:40:00.000-07:00

Their voices reach you but the words are inane,
You see in their eyes your world is insane,
You wish you could fly but dreams cloud the sky,
The rain in your brain is washing them dry-N

2009-09-10T13:52:00.000-07:00

what can i be now that you haven't already been
wallowing midst willows i am in between :: N

2009-09-04T23:32:00.000-07:00

I was too young to understand
But too old to forget
Naked on the sand
Hanging on by a thread
Walking through the door
Eyes clawed by dread
Your face is a mirror
Only your eyes they are dead-N

2009-08-27T14:59:00.001-07:00

here comes the rain now to entertain us,
weeping with pleasure now, who can blame us,
insanity in our veins now, who can chain us,
down the drain now and we will follow -N

2009-07-31T09:58:00.000-07:00

What are these words you speak?

Why are they all unknown to me?

2009-07-12T17:44:00.000-07:00

You're shredding your past playing your part
Digging for treasures in the hurt
But the hunted is lonely the hunter
A slave groveling in his master's dirt-N

2009-06-30T22:11:00.000-07:00

you see yourself sitting naked on the sand
a dream and a memory in each hand
you mirror a mirage moving alone
you call out and it is gone-N

2009-06-27T10:54:00.001-07:00

the public glare turns white to black
you turn but there is no going back
stripped ripped bloodied and bare
there's nothing here that wont kill you there
[RIP Michael]
-N

2009-06-04T23:35:00.000-07:00

here comes the shadow softly over your skin
light shades tomorrow as yesterday begins
you thought you heard music wafting over the water
and the palms they rustled through distant laughter
you sat there a while scanning the miles
free child of beauty and a caged reptile-N

2009-05-30T09:52:00.000-07:00

Somehow the mirrors dont match the memories
memories are no longer as taunt and life is no longer as free
your laugh is louder though you dont smile that much
black light is whiter and dreams are just a crutch-N

2009-05-29T16:20:00.001-07:00

through gold dust and silver you see the danger,
your mirror looks into the eyes of a stranger,
the heart's forgiven your soul begins to bleed,
the wolves that win are the wolves you feed-N

2009-05-23T12:22:00.000-07:00

Their voices reach you but the words are inane
You see in their eyes the bane and insane
You wish you could fly but dreams cloud the sky
The rain in your brain is washing them dry-N

NAUSHERITES

Climbed up through the clouds to Citta di Castello,

And 40 centuries looked down,

On burning wings you clutched the shroud,

With bleeding hands you grasped the crown-N

i saw a crane in a cage craning its neck at the sky,

staring through the bars at clouds floating by-N

Scraps off their tables, crumbs on the floor, Blinded by parables you knock on the serpents' door, Champing at the bit, grave in a reptilian pit, They branded you a slave and you thanked 'em for it -N

I was crowded in the corner at the farthest end of far,Caging in memories of a future past the bars-N

you catch it in your hand and watch it expire,barbwires in the sand, the blackness of fire,careful what you put in your head, the mirror said,it will stay with you forever, even after you're dead,you'll forget what you need to remember,but you'll remember what you need to forget-N

you laughed you are so cleveryou are a walker on the wavesbut your eyes are searching inwardsseeking shadows in light cavesyou see queens give birth to lizardsyour gods give birth to slaves-N

Was it paradise lost or paradise found

Did you buy safety with 6 feet of ground

ashes to ashes, dust to drone

burning your bridges with hearts of stone

- N

the nectar that nurtures burns to poison,the sweeping silence of laughter forgotten,the soaring spirit returns as stone,the things you loved you left alone-N

you're running down the trackthe night burning down your backyou follow the ghost of youand your ghosts are following youyou're blinded by truth, enlightened by a lieand the die is cast in the blink of an eye-N

Your bags are packed You're ready to go,

The tarmac's gleaming outside the door,

You're returning to a home you no longer know-N

Removing the blindfold is painBecause of what you might seeIts easier to live in chainsThan it is to be freeThis is where i standFar far far from homeIn the solitude of moon sandsI've never felt less alone-N

you see yourself sitting naked on the sanda dream and a memory in each handyou mirror a mirage moving aloneyou call out but it is gonethe road that brought you here is dragging you backthe light you thought was near is fading to black-N

Darkling you walked into the lightStaring blind wrong from rightSweating palms clutching a shadows handYou only survive because you dont understandThe wind carries voices but theres nobody thereThe bush is burning but the mountain is bare-N

What are these words you speak?

Why are they all unknown to me?

you see yourself sitting naked on the sanda dream and a memory in each handyou mirror a mirage moving aloneyou call out and it is gone-N

Scraps off their tables, crumbs on the floor,
Blinded by parables you knock on the serpents' door,
Champing at the bit, grave in a reptilian pit,
They branded you a slave and you thanked 'em for it
-N

I was crowded in the corner at the farthest end of far,
Caging in memories of a future past the bars-N

you catch it in your hand and watch it expire,
barbwires in the sand, the blackness of fire,
careful what you put in your head, the mirror said,
it will stay with you forever, even after you're dead,
you'll forget what you need to remember,
but you'll remember what you need to forget-N

you laughed you are so clever
you are a walker on the waves
but your eyes are searching inwards
seeking shadows in light caves
you see queens give birth to lizards
your gods give birth to slaves-N

the nectar that nurtures burns to poison,
the sweeping silence of laughter forgotten,
the soaring spirit returns as stone,
the things you loved you left alone-N

you're running down the track
the night burning down your back
you follow the ghost of you
and your ghosts are following you
you're blinded by truth, enlightened by a lie
and the die is cast in the blink of an eye-N

Removing the blindfold is pain
Because of what you might see
Its easier to live in chains
Than it is to be free
This is where i stand
Far far far from home
In the solitude of moon sands
I've never felt less alone-N

you see yourself sitting naked on the sand
a dream and a memory in each hand
you mirror a mirage moving alone
you call out but it is gone
the road that brought you here is dragging you back
the light you thought was near is fading to black-N

Darkling you walked into the light
Staring blind wrong from right
Sweating palms clutching a shadows hand
You only survive because you dont understand
The wind carries voices but theres nobody there
The bush is burning but the mountain is bare-N

you see yourself sitting naked on the sand
a dream and a memory in each hand
you mirror a mirage moving alone
you call out and it is gone-N